Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Marta and Andrea find themselves alone in his room, now empty, and they remember the time when they had been together. He tells her of his plans.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Andrea continues to be mistrustful of what Marta is intimating to him. She mentions a house she is borrowing ai Ronchi (in the Ronchis). This prompted us to want to find out where this place is and why she says it in the plural. Here (link to lesson) is what we found out.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
Cioni is very suspicious about Marta's true intentions toward Andrea. The others begin talking about their past relations and aspirations.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
At the party, tension is high among the friends. Harsh words are exchanged.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
The party is over and it is time to clean up and pack up. Cioni seeks out Ilaria to talk about her situation.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
The friends are getting ready to leave, but it's still summer and someone gets the bright idea of going to the beach in a friend's boat.
Difficulty: Advanced
Italy
The friends are on the boat but they run out of gas. Who had the jerry can? Arguing ensues, but they are at sea...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
This is not meant to bash vegans. It's just meant to be funny. Italian, with its masculine and feminine nouns lends itself to giving objects, and in this case vegetables, human characteristics. Maurizio Crozza is a comedian. The name he uses — Germidi — is a play on words: Germi (seeds) and soia (soy).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Coffee, in its broadest sense, is the topic of the Caffè Corto Moak, the international short film competition, now in its eighth year, promoted by Caffè Moak.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
A group of film artists get together for some brainstorming in order to come up with an idea for the short film competition "Caffè Corto Moak." They're running out of time, and their nerves are in tatters.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
A new comedy from RAI television. What you need to know about the title Chi m'a visto (Who has seen me/who saw me) is that it makes every Italian think of the TV show Chi l'ha visto (who has seen him/her) about finding missing persons. Is there a connection?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino (guitarist for the famous Italian singer Lorenzo Jovanotti) is having a rough time making his way in the pop music world and coming out of the shadows. Playing well isn't enough, and he isn't getting any help from the lighting crew or his own manager.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino was left at the train station, but he has to take the bus back to his hometown where he meets up with his friend. A song about wandering plays as he travels: "Vagabondo", sung by Nicola di Bari.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
At the bar, Martino sees some old townsmen who tease him and tell him he should get a real job. One of the old guys mentions Fred Bongusto, an Italian singer known for a song "A Rotunda on the Sea". Martino and Peppino go off in a three-wheeled Ape (bee), a light commercial vehicle common all over Italy. Peppino cites Roberto Bolle, a famous Italian dancer, and Men and Women, a TV show for dating.
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